1923 County Championship Explained

Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Yorkshire
Count:	12
Participants:	17
Previous Year:	1922
Previous Tournament:	1922 County Championship
Next Year:	1924
Next Tournament:	1924 County Championship

The 1923 County Championship was the 30th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won the championship title.^[1] Final placings were still decided by calculating the percentage of points gained against possible points available.^[2]

In May 1923, Jack Hobbs scored his 100th century in first-class cricket, batting for Surrey against Somerset.^[3]

Table

• Five points were awarded for a win.
• Two points were awarded for "winning" the first innings of a drawn match.
• Final placings were decided by calculating the percentage of possible points.

County Championship table

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	DWF	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	DLF	width=20 abbr="No Result"	NR	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=40 abbr="Percentage of possible points"	%PC
Yorkshire	32	25	1	4	1	1	133	85.80
	26	15	3	5	2	1	85	68.00
	30	15	2	6	6	1	87	60.00
	26	15	9	0	3	1	67	58.26
	28	15	8	2	5	0	75	55.55
	30	15	8	2	5	0	79	52.66
	28	10	8	6	3	1	62	45.92
	22	7	7	5	3	0	45	40.90
	24	9	11	1	3	0	47	39.16
	22	4	7	6	4	1	32	30.47
	28	7	16	3	2	0	41	29.29
	26	6	12	3	2	0	36	28.80
	26	6	11	3	6	0	36	27.69
	24	5	13	4	2	0	33	27.50
	26	5	16	1	4	0	27	20.76
	24	2	17	2	3	0	14	11.66
	22	2	16	1	3	0	12	10.90

Notes and References

1. Book: Engel, Matthew. Matthew Engel . Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 493-494. 2004. John Wisden & Company Ltd. 0-947766-83-9.
2. Book: Wynne-Thomas, Peter. Peter Wynne-Thomas. The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records. 1983. Hamlyn Publishing Group. 0-600-34667-6.
3. Web site: The finisher . ESPN Cricinfo . 13 May 2019.